Author Archive for: mkouaki

The international book Public Transport Optimization (https://lnkd.in/dJAjuqpf) written by NTUA Assistant Professor Konstantinos Gkiotsalitis, is now available in Greek from Tziolas Publications  (https://lnkd.in/d8JjTfPP). The book is already in Eudoxus (EUDOXUS CODE: 133044998) with the aim of holistic teaching of the undergraduate course “Public Transport” at the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA, as well as postgraduate courses in […]

The International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) of the International Transport Forum (ITF/OECD), the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers (HITE) co-organized with great success the 8th IRTAD International Conference: Better Road Safety Data for Better Safety Performance which took place in Athens, Greece, on 15-17 April 2026, with the support of FERSI and ECTRI, under the auspices of the Hellenic […]

The examination of the Diploma Theses of the undergraduate students of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering for the examination period of March 2026 took place with greate success on Friday March 13th and on Friday March 20th 2026, at Railways Amphitheatre and at teaching room 109. The students which defended their theses are as follows:

Marios Sekadakis defended his PhD thesis titled “Safety Assessment and Behaviour Modelling of Take-Over Dynamics in Automated Driving: From Human Response to Network-Level Simulation” on Friday January 23th 2026 at 15:00 at the Railways Amphitheatre of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA, and online via a teleconference at the following link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/31922864453540?p=g8I9Li0ETBpsmuJcaa

The Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering actively contributed with several innovative scientific papers and presentations at the 105th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), which took place with great success in Washington DC from January 11th to January 15th 2026.

The International Road Federation (IRF) has honoured Professor George Yannis with the IRF Personality of the Year Award 2025, recognising his exceptional leadership, scientific contribution and global impact in advancing road safety and sustainable mobility. His academic influence is reflected in a remarkable publication record of over 1,000 scientific papers, widely cited around the world, and contribution in more than […]

As part of the educational activities of the transportation engineering cycle of the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA, an educational visit was held to the Traffic Management Center of New Attiki Odos on Monday, December 1st, 2025. During the visit the students of the 7th semester had the opportunity to be informed about the basic traffic […]

Charis Chalkiadakis defended his PhD thesis titled “Integrating the Concept of Generic Resilience in Urban Road Network Traffic Management” on Tuesday November 18th 2025 at the Railways Amphitheatre of the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of the School of Civil Engineering of NTUA and online. This PhD thesis was carried out at the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering at the School of […]

In a recently published study conducted at Stanford University (USA), using a range of parameters for each scientist’s research contribution and influence, million Scientists data from Scopus database were analyzed. According to this study 1,074 Greek scientists are contained in the global top 2%, among which 162 Scientists from the  National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). 28 Scientists from the School of Civil […]

Stella Roussou, NTUA PhD Candidate & Researcher, received the Young Researcher Best Paper on Road Safety Award 2025 during the 12th International Congress on Transport Research 2025. The Award is granted jointly by the Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT/CERTH) and the Hellenic Institute of Transportation Engineers (HITE). The award concerned the paper titled: “Predicting Pedestrian Violations in Urban Intersections […]